{"id":6321,"date":"2019-03-24T14:35:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T12:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/?p=6321"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:54:13","slug":"public-street-furniture-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/sml-international\/public-street-furniture-in-brussels\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Street Furniture in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sunday, 24 March\n– The city of Brussels is melting pot of cultures and people from all over the\nworld. The city is an appealing mix of historic flair, modern architecture and\nstreet art. As a typical scenario of big cities of the world, in Brussels you\nexperience the coming together of residents and tourists for a wide range of\nactivities like leisure, sports, meet-ups, demonstrations or simply a game of\nchess. This makes it important that the city is equipped with the right infrastructure\nto enable its citizens to enjoy a quality standard of living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting in touch with public furniture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On this sunny Spring\nday, we took a stroll around the city and parks and came across an interesting observation.\nThe street furniture in the City of Brussels is not only inadequate but is also\npurely functional, soulless and kinda boring. We took the opportunity to speak\nto some local residents and found that we are not alone in our observation. They\nrevealed that more street furniture is needed and incorporating colorful and attractive\nelements would be appreciated and a sight for sore eyes. It is interesting to\nnote that modern art was mentioned several times. An example would be art installations\nwhere modern and colorful furniture is displayed and accessible to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are currently\nseveral large players (e.g. Urbanstyle, WolternsMabeg) supplying street\nfurniture in the local market. However, most of their products are\nrun-of-the-mill. The city council also encourages art elements by mandating\nthat up to 2% of public and private construction cost for are used for this\npurpose (for\nthe latter, only those with subsidies apply). Till date, the focus of such projects\nis often confined to sculptures and impressive mural paints. There is thus a\npotential to tap upon this construction budget to integrate art and culture\ninto public furniture. Furthermore, the local government supports projects which\nare in cooperation with the local art institutions as the MAD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a problem\nexists and that is the longevity of such installations in terms of keeping them\noff vandalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Citizens playing chess in a local parc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Example of Street Furniture with art elements

Source: Alamy.de<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It lies in the material where specialized knowledge is required. This is where the Swiss expertise comes into picture. After providing an appealing overall design in a material that is sustainable and provide a stylish surface, the local adaption is the next step. As Brussels has a strong local art community, a local event such as the Brussels Art Week could be used as a platform. Local artists can paint the furniture which then are coated to make them resistant. Nevertheless, there are 19 Communes<\/em> in the city which are ordering their furniture independently. To get access to them and receive large contracts might however be very challenging for a Swiss company. Therefore, we highly recommend that Swiss companies enter the market with a local collaboration with the communes. This way the city of Brussels gets not only durable street furniture but one that adds to its artistic appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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